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Bulls, Bears & Presidents
By Kenneth SilberIt was a tumultuous election year. The incumbent president, having served two terms, was not running. His party faced what looked like an uphill fight...
March 01, 2008
A New Global Force?Sovereign wealth funds -- government-owned funds often amassed from petrodollar surpluses and geared toward investment in foreign industrial and financial assets -- have become seemingly...
March 01, 2008
Banking on BoomersWhat does the retirement-income security strategist foresee? This enormously influential demographic will keep on making history -- big-time. Financial advisors, take careful note. "As they've grown up,...
March 01, 2008
Crossing the 'Ts'Burk and Julie Rosenthal remember the day when they sat down with their client to discuss the 72(t) distribution plan he had already begun. He...
March 01, 2008
Subprime ProphetGary Shilling meets me at the bar of the restaurant with a large plastic jar in his hands. Since developing a serious beekeeping hobby a...
February 29, 2008
New ETFs Weighted on Revenue, Not Market CapRevenueShares Investor Services of Paoli, Pa., has listed its series of RevenueShares ETFs on the New York Stock Exchange ARCA. RevenueShares ETFs, in a licensing arrangement with Standard & Poor's,
February 27, 2008
Merrill Taps McQuade to Head U.S. BanksMerrill Lynch says Eugene M. McQuade has been appointed vice chairman and president of its U.S. banking operations. This includes oversight of all U.S. banking operations, such as Lynch Bank USA (MLBU